Aftermath

A flash storm with hurricane force winds blew through the province yesterday. Power lines were downed, seven people were killed (!), and innumerable trees were damaged. This chestnut tree in our local park was one of the casualties.

[Beryl Lloyd]

How terrible , but a wonderful capture to show the intense damage created by the storm ! Hope the storm will not return !

[Boxplayer]

Oh poor tree, and how terrible, the loss of 7 lives.

[Pyrrhula]

So sorry to read there where human victems. Those lost are inreplaceable. My thoughts and pray`s are for the relatives .

[bkb in the city]

Oh my goodness Heather. I didn't hear about that. Our prayers go out to all those families

[wendy frost]

A terrible thing to happen with the loss of lives as well. A big branch ripped off the chestnut tree could have been lethal.

[Heather]

@beryl @boxplayer @pyrrhula @bkbinthecity @wendyfrost On behalf of the victims, thank you all. Sadly, the total number of deaths is now eight. This storm came so quickly that Environment Canada sent a text message on people's mobiles telling them to seek shelter immediately, but sadly some people were caught. The storm just came too fast.

[Diana]

Oh no, that looks like quite a bit of damage there, well captured. So sad when nature takes a spin and lives are lost too, hope there will not be anymore :-(

[Peter Dulis]

nice

[KV]

Wow… that loss of life is tragic… too bad about the tree… not sure I’d want to be walking by that split trunk.